Carpet-sweeper.



No. 842,826. PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

J.S.GLAGBTT.

CARPET SWEEPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1905.

v UNITED ST TES mmrnnr OFFICE.

JOHN S. QLAGETT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TU HENRY H. NETTER, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. I I

CARPET-SWEEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application filed June 9,1905. Serial No. 264,378.

invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Carpet-Sweepers. of winch the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a carpetsw'eeper, and in such connection it relates more particularly to means for arresting the movement of the bristles of thebrush during a certain period of time in the revolution of the brush, so as to permit the brush when disengaged from said means to forcibly strike and to force by a sweeping action dustand extraneous matter from afloor or carpet into the housing of the sweeper.

The principal objects of my invention are, first, to provide the housing of acarpetsweeper with a rod or bar and to embed the same slightly in the bristles of the brush, so that the bristles when the brush is rotated are necessarily brought into and out of en gagement with the bar and by the return of the bristles of the brush to normal position to quickly move over and forcibly strike and sweep dust or other extraneous matter from carpet or lioor into the housing of the sweeper; second, to so arrange the bar with respect to the brush that the bristles, returning to their normal position, will first strike the carpet 'or floor and then the edge of the bottom of the housing; so as to insure a thorough and complete removal of all dust, particles. or other extraneous matter from the carpet or fioor into the housing of the sweeper; third, to arrange the brushat one end of the housing and to utilize the operata ingshaft thereofcarried by the wheels of the sweeper to hold the shaft end of the housing slightly above the carpet or floor overwhich the brush adapted to travel; fourth, to provide the housing with a curved and downwardly-projecting portion adjacent to the brush, so as to facilitate the sweeping of the dust into the same; fifth, to provide the housing at the end opposite the brush with a door, which when the housing is raised and assumes a substantially vertical position permits of the ready removal of dust and other matter therefrom, and, sixth, to connect the handlewith the housing of the sweeper by aspringbail, which permits of a quick engagement and disengagement" of the handle from the housing.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the: accompanying drawings, forming part hereof,

in which Figure 1 is a view, partly in longitudinal section and partly inelevation, of a carpetsweeper, illustrating the brush arranged in the-front end of the housing of the sweeper, 6

the bar slightly embedded in the brush, and the manner of arresting'the movementof the brlstles and releaslng the same, the door arranged in the rearend of the housing, and

the spring-bail connecting, the handle with the housing, all embodying main features of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under side of the housing and illustrating a portion of the 'brush-and the rod or bar carried by said housing and engaging the.

same; and Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in elevation and partly in section,- illustrating the manner of connecting the 'spring'bail with the handle'a-nd the'engagement of the same with eyes of the housing. a

Referring to thefdrawings, a represents a housing provided at the front end with adonie-shaped projection a, adapted to form, in conjunction with the side walls a thereof,

the receptacle for a brush 1). The projection 8 5 c terminates acertain distance above the bottom (1- of the housing, so as to form between the pro ection a and the bottom (1 .2.11 opening (1 through which a certain portion of the brush 5 is eXposed-and'is slightly pro- 0 jected beyond the same.

V As shown in Fig. 2, to the projecting ends of the shaft 11, carrying the bristles b of the brush b, are se cured Wheels 0, each ofwhich is preferablyprovided with a. rubber tire c, c support the brush '6 and surround the ends thereof, and their sh aft 5 by engaging slots a", arranged in the side walls a of theehousing' (1, also serve "to support the front end of the same and to hold the edge a. 'of the inclined ico portion a of the bot-tom a in close proximity to the floor or carpet 9, over which the brush is traveling. A rod or bar (I, connected with and extending a certain distance below the ro'ection a, of the housin a, en ages and is 105 slightly embeddedin the bristles b of the brush 1) between the wheels 0, so as to arrest the. movement of the bristlcsb in the man- These wheels 9 5 j is rotated by: the

nersho wn in Figsl and Q's-when the brush 1) wheels hrough the forr 1 he brush 1) issuch that when the bristles b 'are "arrested and then released from the bar {land by return to their normal position will first be brought into engagement with the flooror carpet g, overwhich the brush 6 is traveling, and then complete their movement at and beyond tne edge a of the in clined portion o vof, the bottom a of the q housing, which serves as adust-parn By this quick and forcible movement of the bristles b", which is independent of the movement imparted to the same by the shaft b,

over the floor or carpet g all dust, particles,

or other extraneous matter restingthereon curved surface (1 of the same, which by its will be swept into the housing 0 over the outline facilitates the entrance of such matter therein. The Wheels c bv surrounding proper position, and thus assist in 'tnesweepof dustor other matter into the housinga; by preventing the b istles from-sweeping the dust sidewise and not intov the housing. The housing a, being raised at its front end and resting with its rear end (1 directly on a floor or carpet g, will'assume an inclinedposition with respectto the same, and will thus securely retain dust swept into the sweeper.

Preferably at the .point of junction between the housing a and the projection a" thereof are arranged -eyes f, which are engaged by the ends 79' of the outwardly-flarv i u 5 ed in the dome-like theendsof the brush b hold the bristles of the l brush located adjacent to the Wheels in their as the handle t cah be quickly disengaged.

from the eyes and thereby from the housing a, for shipment or any other purpose.

When the housing a is lifted from the floor b means of thenhandle i, the same will assume a substantially vertical position with respect to the floor 9, in which position and when the door a), arranged in the rear end (P of the housing a, is opened the dust and other matter swept into the sweeper by the brush 1) readily leaves the same by gravity.

Having thus described the nature and objects ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to se'curc by Letters Patent, is---- In combination witha casing, a domelike projection atone of said projection bein a shaft mountion, wheels sethe pro ection,

.l cured to the shaft thin" I bristles carried by thetshaft, said bristles bpin g of such length as toextend partly through the opening of the projection, arod extending across the opening of the projection contacting with the bristles to retard the movement thereof and extensions ,on the rod secured to the interior of the projection.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set id, the lower port-ion my signature in the presence of two subscrih- 7 ing witnesses. j

. JOHNS. CLAGET'I.

Witnesses:

J. \VALTER DOUGLASS, THoMAs M. SMu'H. 

